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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Advocate
Thompson Chain Reference
• Advocate
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Advocate, or Paraclete
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• Advocate
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Advocate
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Advocate
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Advocate
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Advocate
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Advocate
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Advocate (2)
• Advocate
King James Dictionary
• Advocate
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Advocate, the
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• God, Advocate of
• Devil's Advocate
• Advocates of Roman Congregations
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Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Advocate
People's Bible Dictionary
• Advocate
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Advocate
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Advocate
Wilson's Bible Types
• Advocate
Webster Dictionary
• Advocation
• Advocating
• Advocated
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Advocate
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Advocate
• Faculty of Advocates
• Judge-Advocate-General
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Advocate
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Advocate
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Advocate
• Advocate of the Church
• Advocates of the Pope
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Advocate, Lord
• Advocates' Library
• Advocates, Faculty of
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Advocates of Roman Congregations
• Advocates of St. Peter
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Jewish Advocate
• Occident and American Jewish Advocate, the
• Reform Advocate
Lexicons
• ܦ݁ܰܪܰܩܠܺܝܛܳܐ
• ἑτεροδιδασκαλέω
• παράκλητος
• שָׂהֵד

Advocate. Advocate or Paraclete, one that pleads the cause of another. 1 John 2:1. Used by Christ, John 14:16; John 15:26; John 16:7, to describe the office and work of the Holy Spirit, and translated Comforter, that is, (see margin of Revised Version), Advocate, Helper, Intercessor.

This use of the word is derived from the fact that the Jews, being largely ignorant of the Roman law and the Roman language, had to employ Roman advocates in their trials before Roman courts. Applied to Christ, 1 John 2:1.